2015-03-09 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     9 MARCH 2015


6.2   REPAYMENT OF FUNDING
a)    If NBRF fails to remedy a failure to comply with this Deed in a substantial respect within 30
      days, or such longer period as the Council stipulates, after receiving notice requiring it to do
      so, NBRF is liable, on demand from Council to repay to the Council the whole of the
      funding provided for the NBRF program (or the amount of Funding paid as the case may
      be) for any year in which the failure to comply or the failure to remedy occurred;
b)    If NBRF fails to fulfil a term of this Deed, or part of it, on the NBRF program, NBRF is,
      subject to paragraph d) of this clause, liable to repay to the Council the amount of unspent
      money and the Council may recover that money from NBRF as a debt due to the Council;
      and
c)    If NBRF fails to spend the funding, or part of it, on the NBRF program, NBRF is, subject to
      paragraph d) of this clause, liable to repay to the Council the amount of unspent money
      and the Council may recover that money from NBRF as a debt due to the Council.
c)    If at the end of each funding term, some of the funding has not been spent or committed
      to legitimate contingency and reserves, this will be taken into account by the Council in
      assessing future requests for funding. that amount must be repaid to the Council (and
      the amount may be recovered as a debt due to the Council), unless the Council provides
      written permission for all, or some of the amount to be spent in some other manner that
      Council directs.


Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting Minutes 20 November 2014 – page 18

“That Council note the report by the Executive Manager to the General Committee Meeting dated
17 November 2014 and authorise the Chief Executive Officer to progress and finalise the
necessary documentation to establish the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Trust, the Noosa Biosphere
Reserve Foundation Ltd and registration of the company.”

Ordinary Meeting Minutes 15 January 2015 – page 18

“That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer to the General Committee
Meeting dated 12 January 2015 and
A.    Adopt the Noosa Environment Levy Policy as set out in Attachment 1;
B.    Endorse the development of an Environment Levy Guideline to guide the implementation of
      the Environment Levy Policy;
C.    Endorse the development of Strategic Biodiversity Corridor maps to assist with the
      implementation of the Environmental Levy; and
D.    Endorse the formation of an Environment Levy Working Group consisting of the Council
      staff identified in the report minus the Coordinator Financial Services but including
      Councillor Wellington.”

The Environment Policy provides, amongst other things, for contributions to the Noosa Biosphere
Reserve Trust to fund projects that are directed towards protecting and advancing the natural
environment. The amount of funds to be provided each year is to be determined through the
budget process with provision made in 2014-15 of $250,000.




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